Thursday morning, and was told to lay the facts before the Attorney-General.
His concern was not merely to ask Mr. Sandys to withdraw the question, but alo to discover how such information was divulged.
Mr. Here-Belisha then explained why he had accepted the advice of the Attorney-General not to see Mr. Sandys himself.
The Attorney-General, Mr. Hore-Belisha disclosed said that as the communication from the General Staff solesed that someone had commitd a serious breach of law, he thought he ought to see Mr. Sandys himself. He could then put the position as disclosed in the General Staff' communication before Mr, Sandys, dea! with any legal points and ask bim whether he was prepared to assist in an investigation of this breach of law.
Here-Belisha also stated on Monday, before the matter was raised in the House of Commons at all, that the General staff had completed its own preliminary enquiries, and that a Court of Enquiry was ordered to be assembled according to normal procedure.
After giving an assurance that all the relevant facts would be available Total Adverse Excess of Imports Slightly Down Tokyo, July 1.
Japan's foreign trade for the last ten days of June ended in an adverse balance of Y.3,179,000, with imports amounting to Y.87,820,000 and exports totalling Y.84,641,000.
Official figures show Japan's imports from January to June this year, were valued at ¥.1,483,000,000 while exports amounting to Y.1,287,000,000, resulting in an excess of imports over exports of Y.195000000, copresenting a decrease of Y.39,000,000 or 33 per cent, in imports, Y.314000000 or 19 per cent. in exports from the corresponding period of 1937.
The adverse balance ior the six months' period was reduced by Y.445,- 000,000 or 70 Per cent as compared to last year.—Domei, U.S. Envoy Sails for London New York, June 29.
Mr. Joseph P. Kennedy sailed today in the Normandie for England where he will resume his duties as American Ambassador.—United Press. tain Conservative quarters now declare.
They say the majority realizes tha' the reàignation of War Secretary, Mr. Leslie Here-Belisha, might entaíi general elections. For this reason, it is expected that the Government will try to settle the matter as quietly and as swiftly as possible, Conservatives add that, "The imminent discovery of the officer who divulged information on Britain's anti-aircraft defence plan. to Mr. Duncan Sandys, will provide a suitable diversion from the political aspects of the case."—Havas Holy Book Vies with Fu r's Volume Berlin, June The Bible and "Mein Kampf" are the two books fighting it out for the favour of the German public since the advent of the Third Reich.
The Fuehrer's autobiography actually led the way in 1934, 1935 and 1936 but latest statistics reveal that in "1937, despite the violent anti-Christian campaign, the Bible regained first place in German book-sales and in Wurtemberg, Prussia, and even in Bavaria, the hotbed of Nazism, 1,030,000 copies of the Bible were sold in 1937, an increase of 165,000 over the previous year—Havas.
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